Artificial Intelligence can help diagnose brain tumours, says study

Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on a combination of deep-learning algorithms and laser-imaging technology can be utilised to examine brain tissue and detect a brain tumour in near real-time according to a study published in Nature Medicine Journal on Monday. This recent AI technique can be a game-changer in intra-operative brain tumour diagnostics according to reports. The method is a combination of "Raman histology (SRH), a label-free optical imaging method and deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to predict diagnosis at the bedside in near real-time in an automated fashion," the study said. The AI method is also much faster. The neural networks have been trained using over 2.5 million SRH images to identify brain tumours using brain tissue in under 150 seconds, according to the report.